Understanding Conflict Resolution by Peter Wallensteen

Understanding Conflict Resolution by Peter Wallensteen

This book provides you with the perfect introduction to your studies in peace and conflict resolution and equips you with the tools you need to analyse real-world cases. Drawing on recent research and examples from around the world, the new edition: Explores the ongoing situation in Syria and the events and repercussions of the Arab Spring Examines the issue of internet security and the relationship between social media and peace Draws on the cases of Libya and Syria to discuss the principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) Outlines the functions of key regional and Non-Governmental organisations Includes a companion website with annotated further reading lists, and links to free SAGE journal articles, reports and data sets This is an essential text for all students, lecturers and researchers of peace and conflict resolution in international relations, global politics and political science.

Wallensteen′s updated version of Understanding Conflict Resolution keeps true to its form of providing students and scholars a way to think about managing conflicts from a systematic perspectiveHe develops not only the historical roots of the study of conflict management, but also provides the contemporary stetting where these core ideas apply. Knowing the development of the field also allows us to view the intellectual progress we have made over 50+ years, progress which he has been so much a part of. A book like this makes teaching a course in conflict management easy because the ideas and material are systematically organized and presented.

 

-- Professor Patrick Regan
There is no better introduction to the empirically based study of conflict resolution than Wallensteen′s.  This new edition builds upon the strengths of the earlier editions and in clear and engaging language analyses conflict theory and the myriad of tools available to states, regional and global organizations to confront and address the challenges of resolving conflicts.


-- Professor Michael Stohl

Understanding Conflict Resolution is valuable as a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the topic and as a volume that encapsulates the wisdom and experience of one of peace research’s most influential figures. It will assist instructors to transmit the progress and values of scholarly research into conflict resolution to a new generation of students in the field.

-- Charles Butcher

Peter Wallensteen is Senior Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, since 2012. He held the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University (1985–2012). He is also the Richard G. Starmann, Senior Research Professor of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (since 2006). He directs the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and the Special Program on International Targeted Sanctions (SPITS). His Understanding Conflict Resolution: War, Peace and the Global System (Sage, earlier edition, available also in an Arabic translation) is used in teaching around the world. His book Peace Research: Theory and Practice (Routledge 2011) demonstrates his range of research interests and has recently been translated into Chinese. Recently he also edited together with Ambassador Anders Bjurner Regional Organizations and Peacemaking: Challengers to the UN? (Routledge 2015). In 2010, he and Isak Svensson published The Go-Between (United States Institute of Peace Press), a study of mediation efforts by the renowned Swedish diplomat Jan Eliasson. Wallensteen has published widely on conflict trends, conflict resolution, mediation, prevention, sanctions and the United Nations.

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Title	Understanding Conflict Resolution
Author	Peter Wallensteen
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sage Publications Ltd
Year published	2015-04-23
Number of pages	352
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